Birthday Party Venues in Footscray

Choosing the Right Birthday Party Venue

Three pubs and bars on three different Footscray streets cover most birthday plans. Back Alley Sally's sits off a laneway on Yewers Street in a former t-shirt printing works, The Station Hotel has a beer garden and restaurant on Napier Street, and at the back of the Barkly Street pub sits the Barkly Room @ The Plough Hotel, a private room with its own bar.

Cake is welcome at two of them: Back Alley Sally's lets you bring a birthday cake or dessert, and The Station Hotel charges no cakeage.

Picking by the birthday you have in mind:

A 21st with music – Back Alley Sally's, which has a DJ on Saturdays and books the run of the venue for 60 or more
Twenty to fifty friends – the Garden at Back Alley Sally's, a semi-private room with glass louvres and direct bar access
A family milestone at the table – the Barkly Room, seating 60 for a family-style shared menu, from $2,000 minimum spend
A big group outdoors – The Station Hotel's beer garden, up to 150 when hired exclusively
Canapés and a long night – The Station Hotel's packages for 20 or more, from $40 per person

Back Alley Sally's charges no venue hire fee, and exclusive use of the whole bar can be requested when you enquire.

Yewers Street: Back Alley Sally's main bar is upstairs, with a downstairs bar trading through the day
Napier Street: The Station Hotel's decks take 25 and 40 standing, and its main bar becomes a semi-private room for 50
Barkly Street: the green wall and round mirrors set the tone in the Barkly Room, whose doors open to the courtyard for a standing crowd of up to 120
For 10 to 20, the Victoria Room at The Plough Hotel sits off the main dining room

Pizza, steak boards or a shared feast

Back Alley Sally's serves wood-fired pizza and canapés in three package tiers, plus grazing boards with a vegan version
The Station Hotel offers shared set menus and a butcher's menu of steak boards
The Barkly Room starts with charcuterie and focaccia, then shared mains such as porterhouse or lamb shoulder
Drinks: two- or three-hour packages at Back Alley Sally's, two to four hours at The Station Hotel, and a tab you build yourself in the Barkly Room

Common Questions About Venues for Birthday Parties

Which Footscray venues let us bring a birthday cake?

Back Alley Sally's allows a birthday cake or dessert, though no other outside food or drink, and The Station Hotel welcomes a cake without a cakeage fee.

Is there a Footscray birthday venue with no hire fee?

Back Alley Sally's charges no venue hire fee. The Plough Hotel's Barkly Room works on a minimum spend from Thursday to Sunday, from $2,000 minimum spend.

Where can a birthday crowd of more than 100 fit in Footscray?

The Station Hotel's beer garden holds 150 when hired exclusively, and the Barkly Room with the courtyard added takes 120 standing. Back Alley Sally's books the run of the venue for groups of 60 and more.

Can Back Alley Sally's handle dietary needs?

Most dietary needs can be covered with a week's notice, though the kitchen is not halal certified. The grazing boards come in a vegan version.